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Let me start by saying that I am 28 years old, I consider myself gay male, and I’ve had some issues with my sexuality. Sorry to be so long, but it’s quite a bit complicated, as I’m also a religious Jew (though not Hasidic or anything of that nature) and I have high-functioning autism. These three factors – being gay, autistic, and a religious Jew – make my sexual issues more complicated than otherwise, I’m ...

I'm a 28-year-old high-functioning autistic guy from Canada; looking forward to posting and to hearing from all of you.

I done this other topic, and after 3 days of seldom replys, I grew impatient
and deleated it... I'm obssessed with personality disorders, so I pretended not
to have Aspergers Syndrome in the other topic, and see what disorder the people
would come up with... Anyway.

So now I'm doing this topic, hoping for 1 reply at least.
I'am 16 years old, and I've been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome since I was
4 years old. ...

Has anyone ever taken benzos for panic / anxiety? Are you still on them? The w/d is hell on earth once these drugs quit working? They do work in the beginning however, but once you reach tolerance, your original anxiety and panic are 10 times worse. I have gone thru 3 horrible benzo withdrawals. Can anyone else relate? :|

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Hi everyone,
I have a horrible heart disease / heart attack phobia. I was DX with panic disorder 20 years ago. I have been on a myriad of psychotropics over those years....mostly benzos. I spent 8 years on xanax, 9 years on klonopin, and 3 years on valium. The drugs worked in the beginning but I would always reach tolerance after a number of years and had to go thru the hellish withdrawal experience. I ...

I've never posted in the DID section before, but I've been reading here quite a bit lately and I'm wondering if I may actually have DID or something similar.

I'm Schizoaffective bipolar (never been with a therapist long enough to be fully diagnosed anything other than bipolar/OCD), but there is something I don't understand that has got me thinking I may have something severely different or possibly share the two disorders. I have mild visual ...

As a 38 year old recently diagnosed aspie this is my new panoramic philosophy on human life.

All Humans are fundamentally the same and disposed to the same human outlook?? Not on your life.

Aspergers is fundamentally about your brain/nervous system being wired up a certain way. This dictates so much of your behaviour.

It is clear to me now that within the human spectrum their are probably 30 or more different versions of brain ...

As someone recently diagnosed with ASPD, I don't really find the label all that fitting, because, for one thing, I'm not that impulsive... I may seem impulsive on the outside. But on the inside, I view myself as calm. I just take the path of least resistance to get things when it serves my interest where others restrict their appetites to appease society's interests. lol. People think it's impulsive because it doesn't fit into their ...

Ok well we can probably all agree the biggest quality of HPD is attention seeking, in it's many forms. But I keep questioning that. Because obviously we seek it in groups when we're being "histrionic", in relationships and all the other stuff.

But what about the rest? I have come to realise that nearly everything in my life has been done for attention. I have't got a "normal" job, I always buy things that stand ...

Sorry just felt uncomfortable leaving this here so as i had finished with this post thought i would remove it.